IMRT

Dose calculation issues ‚in practice‘: Dose calculation for lung lesions

Further reading:

• Choice of optimal density inside of PTV for static dose calculation by evaluating actual 4D-MC-doses; recommendation: raise density in voxels below 0.4 g/cm 3 to this value: Sikora et al. 2009 (Radiat. Oncol. 4:64): Monte Carlo vs. Pencil Beam Based Optimization of Stereotactic Lung IMRT • related -- highly recommended -- reading: Static (3D-)dose-to-GTV representative for actual 4D-dose (based on Collapsed Cone dose calculation): Guckenberger et al. 2007 (IJROBP 69(1)): Four-Dimensional Treatment Planning For Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

ESTRO IMRT course 2015 Dose Calculation in Static and Rotational IMRT Brussels October 8th, 2015

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